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Once you start, perhaps the biggest part of automating your investing is finding holdings that you can keep feeding money into and just watch it grow
I do that by creating a mix of ETFs in my portfolio - my holdings and allocation are below!
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I do that by creating a mix of ETFs in my portfolio - my holdings and allocation are below!
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$IVV - Whole S&P 500 (20%)
Offers immediate diversification. I believe this has a place in every investor’s portfolio, especially new investor’s
16% 52 week return
Expense ratio: .03%
Offers immediate diversification. I believe this has a place in every investor’s portfolio, especially new investor’s
16% 52 week return
Expense ratio: .03%
$VGT - Vanguard Tech ETF (20%)
Many of the world’s brightest minds are in tech creating amazing things - you can profit off that!
Top 3 holdings: $AAPL $MSFT $V
Expense ratio: .1%
Many of the world’s brightest minds are in tech creating amazing things - you can profit off that!
Top 3 holdings: $AAPL $MSFT $V
Expense ratio: .1%
$QQQM - NASDAQ 100 ETF (15%)
Top 100 NASDAQ companies - think $QQQ but cheaper to own
Expense ratio: .15%
Top 100 NASDAQ companies - think $QQQ but cheaper to own
Expense ratio: .15%
$QQQJ - NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF (15%)
NASDAQ companies 101-200
Considered “mid-cap” yet holds companies like $CRWD $ROKU $ETSY
Expense ratio: .15%
NASDAQ companies 101-200
Considered “mid-cap” yet holds companies like $CRWD $ROKU $ETSY
Expense ratio: .15%
$VOOG - Vanguard S&P 500 Growth (10%)
Basically $VOO but centered more around growth - doesn’t include companies that just pay our high dividends but weigh down growth (there’s a place for high dividends, but I’ll cover that in another thread sometime).
Expense ratio: .1%
Basically $VOO but centered more around growth - doesn’t include companies that just pay our high dividends but weigh down growth (there’s a place for high dividends, but I’ll cover that in another thread sometime).
Expense ratio: .1%
$VWO - Vanguard Emerging Markets (10%)
$BABA among top holdings - one of the hottest growth stocks on the market
Holdings from countries like China, Brazil, Taiwan, and South Africa
Expense ratio: .1%
$BABA among top holdings - one of the hottest growth stocks on the market
Holdings from countries like China, Brazil, Taiwan, and South Africa
Expense ratio: .1%
$SCHA - Schwab US Small Cap ETF (10%)
34% 52 week return
Small cap exposure can give your portfolio some big time gains. Nice to have as a piece in your pie to complement safer investments
Top holdings include $PLUG $PENN $NET
Expense ratio: .04%
34% 52 week return
Small cap exposure can give your portfolio some big time gains. Nice to have as a piece in your pie to complement safer investments
Top holdings include $PLUG $PENN $NET
Expense ratio: .04%
There are TONS of great ETFs out there to choose from. I hope this helps you get started, because that’s the most important part. Don’t get too bogged down in choosing what to invest in. Just START. You’ll thank yourself down the road, I promise 
M1 Finance makes automating your investing super easy. Once you open an account, you can set your portfolio (or “pie”) to allocate funds automatically to certain holdings every time money is added to your account.
If you follow this link, we’ll both get a free $30 to invest. Go get started and make investing as easy as it possibly can get! https://m1.finance/pHW0NmzLXcMV
